Category Archives: Girls/Women
Phoenix native, Kachinas, Lady Coyotes alum Modlin tabbed for weekly UCHC accolades
January 16th, 2024The UCHC has announced that Utica senior forward Hailey Modlin is the Player of the Week. Modlin registered five points on two goals and three assists and was plus-7 over Utica’s weekend sweep against Stevenson. Modlin’s pair of goals came over just seven shots between both games while also dominating on the faceoff dot, winning…
United States opens 2023-24 Rivalry Series downing Canada at Mullett Arena
November 9th, 2023Hilary Knight tallied a goal and an assist to help lift Team USA past Canada, 3-1, in the opening match of the 2023-24 Rivalry Series in Tempe last night at Mullett Arena. Team USA scored two unanswered goals in the third period and goaltender Aerin Frankel kept Canada’s offense at bay with 35 saves on…
Tempe’s Mullett Arena to host U.S.-Canada Rivalry Series women’s hockey game Nov. 8
October 3rd, 2023One of the fiercest rivalries in sport will renew in 2023-24 as the U.S. and Canadian Women’s National Teams face off in a seven-game Rivalry Series, it was jointly announced today by USA Hockey and Hockey Canada. USA Hockey will host the first two games of the competition, including a contest on Nov. 8 at…
Wildcats adding ACHA Division I women’s hockey for ’24-25 campaign
June 24th, 2023Women’s college hockey is coming to the University of Arizona for the 2024-25 season. In addition, Caitlin Hogan has been named the inaugural head coach for the Wildcats. “I’m excited to have Caitlin be the first head coach of our women’s team,” said Arizona senior director of campus recreation Troy Vaughn. “She brings knowledge, experience,…
PHF Isobel Cup women’s pro hockey championship coming to Tempe’s Mullett Arena
March 12th, 2023The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced that the 2023 Isobel Cup Championship, in partnership with the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes and OVG360, will be at Mullett Arena on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, on Sunday, March 26. The league’s top two teams will battle in the desert for the ultimate prize in…
Kachinas thrilled to be awarded Tier I status as Shott’s dream comes true
January 27th, 2022In one sense, the Arizona Kachinas’ rise to Tier I status as an amateur hockey development program came very quickly. In another, the official call from the selection committee on Jan. 14 didn’t come quite fast enough. The Kachinas’ rise to the highest competition level of youth hockey at all three age levels — 14U,…
Bonaldi brothers, who played for Bobcats, grab weekly honors from USPHL
January 21st, 2022A pair of former Arizona youth hockey players have been named weekly award winners from the USPHL. Las Vegas Thunderbirds defenseman Nick Bonaldi is the Pacific Division Defenseman of the Week while Thunderbirds’ goalie Anthony Bonaldi is the Pacific Division Goaltender of the Week. On the blue line, Bonaldi, a 2003 birth year, had three…
Former Arizona hockey-playing sisters scoring goals in local real estate market
July 13th, 2021For Reagan and Morgan Briggs, hockey was their passion growing up playing for the SheWolves girls hockey association. As the years have gone on, that passion turned into real estate for the Scottsdale-based sisters. “Although I miss playing immensely and have been thinking about making an adult league comeback, real estate is truly my passion,”…
Scottsdale native, former Boston College women’s great Newkirk named assistant coach at NCAA D-I Brown
July 13th, 2021Brown University has announced the addition of Makenna Newkirk as an assistant coach for the women’s NCAA Division I hockey team. Newkirk was most recently a coach and assistant director at the North American Hockey Academy, where she transitioned the program from Vermont to Massachusetts. She managed all of the Under-16 team’s dynamics and worked…
New OneHockey girls hockey director Seiling sees growth potential for game across U.S.
May 20th, 2021As OneHockey, the premier tournament program in North America, gets set to kick off its summer programs, the company is also expanding on the girls hockey side. The recent hiring of former NHL player Ric Seiling will speed that growth in leaps and bounds. “(OneHockey president and CEO) Sebastien Fortier was very open when I…